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South Atlantic
Recordings of life on a small deserted island
Script by John Heaney and Martin Holdgate
Narrated by Martin Holdgate
This small island, about eight miles long and four miles broad, with mountains rising to 3,000 feet, lies between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn. It is inhabited only by birds, seals, and mice. (The recorded broadcast of July 8 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Script By:
John Heaney
Script By:
Martin Holdgate
Unknown:
Martin Holdgate

The stage play by Val Gielgud
Adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe
Production by Val Gieigud

Contributors

Play By:
Val Gielgud
Broadcasting By:
Cynthia Pughe
Production By:
Val Gieigud
John Brunton:
Hamilton Dyce
Avice:
Christine Bocca
Judith Rice:
Ursula Howells
James Rice:
Richard Williams
Sir Percival Bastin:
Brewster Mason
Roderick Hudson:
Richard Johnson
Professor Arnold Fothergill:
Jeffrey Segal

For Listeners of All Ages
* Tinker and Tapp Inc.*
A general ' knock-up ' with Fred Fairclough on the one side, and Herbert Smith on the other, and Doris Gambell and David Sease in the middle
Script by Muriel Levy
Incidental music written by Ray Martin and played by a section of the BBC Northern Variety Orchestra
Produced by Trevor Hill
5.15 'Adventure Underground * by Susan Jolly
Produced by Herbert Smith
The Garth family turn a near tragedy into an exciting adventure among the potholes, caverns, and underground rivers of the Yorkshire dales.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Fairclough
Unknown:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Doris Gambell
Unknown:
David Sease
Script By:
Muriel Levy
Written By:
Ray Martin
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
David Garth:
Jeffrey Denton
Gerald Garth:
Grahame Pratt
Brenda Garth:
Lizbeth Stewart
Mrs Garth:
Madeleine Vacher
Mr Garth:
Tom Harrison
Alison, Brenda's school friend:
Jane Knowles

Being intimations by various speakers of inglorious clouds they trailed in their infancy and adolescence
2-Not Rising to the Occasion by Elizabeth Bowen
During her childhood and adolescence, Elizabeth Bowen confesses, she was constantly agonised by fearing on the one hand, that she would not rise to the occasion at all, or that if she did, she would commit the awful crime of Showing Off.

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Bowen
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bowen

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More